Storms in Wisconsin in 2006

1,626 events in 193 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin in 2006, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Wisconsin in 2006 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,626
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 56
Damage: $734 million
Episodes: 193

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	621	1	0	$193 million
Thunderstorm Wind	321	1	9	$1.5 million
Dense Fog	148	0	0
Winter Storm	78	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	73	1	0
Strong Wind	68	0	0	$225,000
Heat	56	2	43
Heavy Snow	53	0	0
Lightning	43	1	1	$93,000
Drought	36	0	0
Funnel Cloud	30	0	0
Flash Flood	26	0	1	$517 million
Winter Weather	18	0	0
Tornado	16	0	2	$22 million
Heavy Rain	12	0	0	$40,000
Blizzard	10	1	0
Lake-Effect Snow	9	0	0
High Wind	5	0	0	$89,000
Wildfire	2	0	0	$250,000
Flood	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.